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  • Ensco to Kick Off DOT Center Management Support, International Trade Fair Showcase; Jeff Stevens Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco to Kick Off DOT Center Management Support, International Trade Fair Showcase; Jeff Stevens Quoted

    Ensco is set to start directing the operations of the Federal Railroad Administration’s Transportation and Technology Center on Oct.1 under a five-year contract with the Department of Transportation. The company said Monday it will manage the Pueblo, Colorado-based testing, research and training center to support railway research and safety advancement efforts. Work is covered by a […] More

  • ManTech Wins $99M Navy Contract for Engineering, Technical Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Wins $99M Navy Contract for Engineering, Technical Services

    A ManTech International business has secured a five-year, $99.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy for engineering and technical services in support of three naval aviation programs. In particular, ManTech Advanced Systems will provide services for the Naval Air Systems Command Weaponeering Integration, the Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization and the Naval Aviation Technical Information […] More

  • Bombardier Completes Delivery of 5th Communications Jet to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bombardier Completes Delivery of 5th Communications Jet to Air Force

    Bombardier’s defense arm and U.S. subsidiary Learjet have supplied the U.S. Air Force with an additional modified Global 6000 business jet, bringing the total number of deliveries to the service branch to five so far. The Canada-based manufacturer said Thursday the handover is part of a potential $464.8 million contract it secured in June 2021 to provide […] More

  • IronEagleX Picks Altamira for USSOCOM Technical Development Support Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IronEagleX Picks Altamira for USSOCOM Technical Development Support Work

    Altamira Technologies has secured a subcontract to assist veteran-owned defense contractor IronEagleX in providing the U.S. Special Operations Command with technical development support.  The subcontractor said Wednesday it will continue delivering data science and advanced analytic services to IronEagleX in support of USSOCOM under the deal. Altamira provided the same services during the technical prototype phase. In […] More

  • Boeing Opens Factory for Composite Military Aircraft Parts; Ted Colbert Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Opens Factory for Composite Military Aircraft Parts; Ted Colbert Quoted

    Boeing has completed the construction of a Mesa, Arizona, facility to make composite aircraft components for military customers. The company said Tuesday its research and development division, Phantom Works, will operate the 155,000-square-foot Advanced Composite Fabrication Center beginning in the fall. ACFC personnel will use advanced manufacturing and digital engineering methods in support of new combat […] More

  • NetImpact-Dark Wolf Team to Help Air Force Transition to Cloud-Based Enterprise IT Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetImpact-Dark Wolf Team to Help Air Force Transition to Cloud-Based Enterprise IT Platform

    A partnership between NetImpact Strategies and Dark Wolf Solutions has received a contract to migrate the Department of the Air Force’s enterprise information technology management system to ServiceNow‘s cloud platform.  NetImpact said Tuesday it will lead the development and implementation of replacement software for the IT Investment Portfolio Suite and help the DAF chief information officer […] More

  • IARPA Issues Broad Agency Announcement on Space Debris Detection R&D Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Issues Broad Agency Announcement on Space Debris Detection R&D Project

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is soliciting proposals for a funding program that will involve research and development of capabilities for the detection of non-trackable orbital space debris. A broad agency announcement posted Friday on SAM.gov lists two task areas under the Space Debris Identification and Tracking program: development of new methods for debris signature […] More

  • NSF, Intel to Fund STEM Education Projects to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSF, Intel to Fund STEM Education Projects to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing Workforce

    The National Science Foundation and Intel have launched a funding program to support educational initiatives aimed at helping develop the semiconductor manufacturing workforce in the U.S. The two parties will provide $10 million in investment for projects focused on workforce development for high-technology fields that are critical to future semiconductor design and manufacturing, NSF said Thursday. The […] More

  • SNC Subsidiary, TRANSCOM to Collaborate on Space Transportation Research; Tom Vice Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SNC Subsidiary, TRANSCOM to Collaborate on Space Transportation Research; Tom Vice Quoted

    A Sierra Nevada Corp. subsidiary and the U.S. Transportation Command have agreed to jointly develop point-to-point approaches for military personnel and equipment delivery to locations across the globe. Sierra Space will perform emerging technology research and concept development work in support of Department of Defense force projection and non-combat operations under the cooperative R&D agreement […] More

  • Navy Awards Potential $150M Sensor R&D Contract to Space Dynamics Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards Potential $150M Sensor R&D Contract to Space Dynamics Lab

    Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has secured a potential $150 million contract to help the U.S. Navy develop advanced technologies to collect and process data from sensors. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a face value of $75 million and an initial cost-plus-fixed-fee task order, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. SDL will perform 90 percent of […] More

  • Northrop's Targeting Pod Completes Initial Tests With Navy Fighter Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Targeting Pod Completes Initial Tests With Navy Fighter Aircraft

    U.S. Navy pilots have tested a Northrop Grumman-built targeting system while operating an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. The initial flight demonstration of the multisensor Litening pod showcased the system’s surveillance and autonomous target tracking functions, Northrop said Wednesday. Super Hornet aircrew used the pod training laser mode and completed various tasks such as identifying ground […] More

  • Aerospace Corp. Opens $100M Space R&D Center in Colorado - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerospace Corp. Opens $100M Space R&D Center in Colorado

    The Aerospace Corp. has opened a $100 million space warfighting center at its Colorado Springs location to help shape future warfighting concepts in the space domain. The 90,000-square-foot facility will foster space warfighting and advanced system-related activities and support the modernization of U.S. satellites, the national nonprofit corporation said Tuesday. The SWC will feature modeling and […] More